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Moscardó, Madrid — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Moscardó is a barrio of Madrid's Usera district that grew from a 1930s colony of low-cost housing.
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Where to stay in Moscardó
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Moscardó suits visitors who want a quiet residential base on metro line 6, which has two stations in the barrio; one, Plaza Elíptica, is also on line 11. No Cercanías station serves it. Méndez Álvaro and Laguna are reached directly on line 6, and buses run to Atocha.
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Things to do in and around Madrid
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Churches & Religious Sites
2- Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Usera
- Church of Nuestra Señora de Europa, Madrid
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Columnas toscanas Pradolongo
- Elemento mecánico ferroviario
- Monolito parque Olof Palme I
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About Moscardó
What are the main landmarks in Moscardó?
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Usera and the Monolito parque Olof Palme I stand in Moscardó. Sundials are the barrio's signature. More than ten were installed on the facades of the Colonia Moscardó in its 1982 restoration.
The Plaza Francisco Ruano, known as the Plaza Romana, reopened in 2020 after rebuilding. The mural El Árbol de la Vida lies close by, the Church of San Miguel Arcángel toward Comillas and the Columnas toscanas Pradolongo toward Almendrales.
What is the history of Moscardó?
Moscardó began as the Salud y Ahorro colony, planned in 1929 and built in the 1930s under the municipal Casas Ultrabaratas scheme: three-storey blocks of small flats for low-income families. In the 1940s it took the name Moscardó, after the soldier José Moscardó. A plan by the district board in 2015 to restore the old name came to nothing.
Where is Moscardó?
Moscardó is bounded by the A-42 to the north-west, the river Manzanares to the north-east and the calle de Marcelo Usera to the south.
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What is the best area to stay in Moscardó?
Around Plaza Elíptica: two metro lines at the door.
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Updated October 2026